The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-17
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the name of Charles Colston was s. party
to this case. And what would have hap
pened then I don't know; only the court
rose for lunch.
g. Isheard two or three people say that day
thai 'Twistleton, poor fellow, was doing
more work than She ought TOD that
s'Twistleton WINS clever fellow, but he
could not afford to burn the candle at both
ends.', Indeed, Twistleton's strange con.
duct IN Buncombe vs. Badger was the
general topic Of conversation in the robdng
room. .ss
s s When Twistletons came out Of, court
: had the greatest difficulty to prevent him
rushing down to Norfolk by the night
/. train. l He, was sure it was true; he be-
) Heved. In the message. I calmed him
down and we had dinner together at my
club. He had to continue his speech In
the morning. T. tried to- coach him In
Buncombe vs.. Badger, but 1t was of nc
avail. I do not think he ever knew fol-
which side he was appearing. . s
We agreed that we would sit up In
I;watchesend sokeepour eye Son the type
) writer ralfnight. There was asofa gtn, the
recessofthe window and Twist!eton sent
me t0bed and placed himself on this
ssbade him good night; and took hisobed
for the first half of the night. About 2
o'clock In the morning awoke and went
toTwistleton. he was wide awake, read
ing some papers on the sof&
E.sHave you seen anythingf' asked.
Nothing whatever" he replied.
-, Nor heard anything"
y GNota sound"
We took the lamp to the typewriter and
Topened its sTliere was the sheet of paper
sgas healways left It suntpuched.s Twistle-
Eton locked itsup again and:took the key.
stPut 1t under your pillow"
"I will,m, he replied; stit's very good OF
you to sit up like this.'
! ! x'tIt'a nothing ct. all, I assure you,"
answered. sNA
5EKeep strict watch, won't your"
y HIipr0mise you; Isaid.
Twistleton shook me by the hand with
emotion and went out; he looked very III
and .wretched, / thought, and was sorry
sssftr HIM Was is q ghost,s message, OF
what, that Was making his 'life asburden
ito HIM, Should 7 solve the mystery to-
nights
Iwaited about an hour and q half. The
dawn came peepings through the painted
yshutters and made ssthe lamp look dim. ]
was almost. doIfng-in fact, had shut
7 my eyes and lost consciousness for perhaps
minute, perhaps more. a sharp click
ing sound awoke me. It was the type
: writer. There saeated on.aSchair in font
Of It, playing niimbly on the queer instru-
ment was a WMtes misty figure. It had
finished. It closed the cover down and
burned the key. It wheeled around to
|. the door,, and 4.saM the face and whiskers
+ knew SO well; It ws5 Twistleton him
Belt. gWoi3 b Ia0A
MY, first impulse was to wake, him, but
Il had heard ftwas dangerous towake per-
SONS walking in their sleep. He wanted
All the s1eep he could get, 80 decided to
let him, alone, to walk down to my own
chs1Ebets and.get jome more rest myself.
When I got out into Old square could
mot. help roaring with laughter ut was
too funny. The idea OF old Twistleton
iBriting messages to himself on 1.-The type
writer and being frightened out Of his wits
BY them. What story to tell against
thinil No'one would believe tit was too
good tosbe true
ss Iawoke little late the next morning,
but but went straight down to Old square be-
fore, breaNast,,Alasl I. was too late.
sscSrsasMl Sssl sof Twistleton sHe had gone to
aBafndofe Blythe carly train; Foss was to
nakaanysexcuse he though fit to Writson
&r Clame. There vas the typewriter
I shattered into a.thousand pieces, ,:its intri-
cate machinery a shapeless chaos: I shqd-
sdered. to think what would happen If 0ere
WIS anything between Charley Colston
sandi Mrs. !Twistleton. Gs;hss VfiAnt,
! SIN townteYery one: was asking what had
become 0f Twistleton. The runor went
round the. law courts that ;]le was insane.
maintained a discreet silerce. Mr.. Clame
was almost crying, as Slokoach, murmur-
+ sinK dnsthings about .sbadS news, and his
learned LEADER rose to continue Twistle-
TOMS opening Lord Usher, unrestrained
by the presence Of Twistleton, made the
court Of appeal q place of fiery torment
to that eminent elderly Junior, Mr.. Slo-
koach Bustle; queens counsel for had
ger. was not even called upon to reply;
Buncombe and Another were dismissed,
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The early train stopped, as / knew, ut
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imdgine poor TwistIeton, state Of mind
as he pottered along In aIslow train to
aBarndore. de arrived at the house about
breakfast time-I have the story from
1 iGrfmbleton, who was there-he came into
the breakfast room and his appearance
ELECTED, shout of surprise. sY0teh -
sssMhat. has become .iof,r Bnncombei:vs
Badger?' cried Lord Barndore. Settled,
:saa aNos that + tnJw III OFF, muttered
Twistleton, splkily; and then, looking
round ! 1.,, lss tlsrcely, asked: ssW1here's my
down. YETI replied Lord Barn
,ETwistleton Looked hastily round, as
though in search Of some one else, and
.thenfstore up stairs ito his-wife's room.
The.whole company looked Mt each other
There was some explanation about bad
news, but the Twistletons never went into
mourning; and Mrs. Twistleton seemed
very merry all that day. It Is true
.Iwistleton was moody and shut himself
up good deal Grimbleton told me that
heeneYer understood. the whole business In
the least; In fact, In Twistleton's circle 1t
was a. nine. days, wonder. BY the bye, I
almost forgot to mention that Charley
Colston left Barndore to be married in
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